An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular - Two Volumes
by Jackson, Charles James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486223345
- ISBN 13
- 9780486223346
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dover Publications, 1969. Reprint of the original 1911 edition. Two volumes. Quarto. xxxviii, x, 1085 pp; color frontispiece; 76 b/w plates & 1506 b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjackets. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jackets have light edgewear, spine of Volume 1 slightly faded, small chip at top. A comprehensive study of ecclesiastical and secular English plate describing the development of form and decoration in the silver and gold work of the British Isles, from the earliest known examples to the latest of the Georgian Period.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013934
- Title
- An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular - Two Volumes
- Author
- Jackson, Charles James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0486223345
- ISBN 13
- 9780486223346
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- English Silver Plate Gold Work British Isles
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metalwork;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.